Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus laxmannii Jacq. sect. Onobrychoidei |
Synonyms | Astragalus adsurgens Pall. |
Astragalus austrosibiricus Schischk. | |
Astragalus gmelinii Scop. | |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaves long petiolate, leaflets 15-19, opposite, ovate, mucronate, thinly pubescent, 8-10mm, floral scapes axillary, erect, flowers sessile in oblong-cylindrical spike |
Size | 10-60cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft, fl. stem decumbent |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Amur , Khabarovsk , Magadan , Primorye ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan ) China (China South-Central , Inner Mongolia , Manchuria , China North-Central , Qinghai , China Southeast , Tibet , Xinjiang ) Mongolia Eastern Asia (Japan , Korea ) Northern America |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
laxmannii robustior (Hook.) Barneby & S.L.Welsh, Great Basin Naturalist 56(1): 85 (1996)
laxmannii viciifolius (S.L.Welsh) Podlech, Sendtnera 6: 173 (1999)
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